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Robotic initiatives aim to save on nursing time by providing a variety of tasks and services, including multilingual and emotional support, says hospital director Dr Weide Tsai.

The technology – no more paper – has standardized competency, improved transparency into orientation and competency attainment, and reduced time spent following up with staff to complete checklists.

Punit Soni's company is a major player in this area of artificial intelligence. Here he gives advice to healthcare CAIOs, CIOs and other IT leaders implementing the systems – and to doctors and nurses using them. He sees significant changes coming to healthcare over the next five years.

Malaysia's Institut Jantung Negara finally found success in hospital-wide EMR implementation after several attempts.

Dr. Cole Zanetti, professor and director of digital health at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, discusses the need to train and educate patients, providers and the healthcare workforce about the promise of artificial intelligence.

Because of this, Bethsaida Hospital Serang has also achieved 96% patient satisfaction.

According to the Gloucestershire Acute NHS Trust's Matthew Little, involving nurses in defining problems at healthcare organizations and exploring ways to solve them can help improve care delivery and patient outcomes.

Kelli Garrison, also an independent IT consultant, says a good translator identifies different perspectives, biases and skill sets to help with collaboration, enable all voices to be heard and ensure the right technologies are selected.

Nurses play key roles in care delivery but often lack influence to drive change. Marjolein Heemels of Maastricht UMC+ says supporting nurses and encouraging them to share their opinions can contribute to system-wide innovation.

The cloud IT vendor said it now gives patients a no-login, digital identity-based access system to exercise greater control over their health data.